Shelli Feder, PhD, APRN, FNP (BC), ACHPN, FAAN
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2025
Letter: Response to Feder et al., Use of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study
Feder S, Shamas T, Akgün K. Letter: Response to Feder et al., Use of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2025 PMID: 40533098, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2025.0317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Nurse Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Caring for Socially Disadvantaged Patients
Carthon J, Muir K, Ang L, Amenyedor K, Golinelli D, Feder S, Kutney-Lee A. Hospital Nurse Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Caring for Socially Disadvantaged Patients. JAMA Network Open 2025, 8: e2512397. PMID: 40478576, PMCID: PMC12144619, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.12397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen-text responsesSocially disadvantaged patientsSocially disadvantaged populationsQuality careImprove careHospital nursesDisadvantaged patientsDisadvantaged populationsQualitative studyDirect care nursesHospital nurses' perspectivesHospital-community partnershipsDeterminants of healthHealth care qualityHealth care outcomesEquitable care deliverySocial ecological modelCultural competence educationNurses' beliefsNursing perspectiveRegistered nursesCare nursesCare continuityHospital-communityCare qualityThe impact of race on the association between structural racism and the quality of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Gaddy J, Lee D, Herrin J, Yu J, Pollack C, Dean L, Hamid S, Feder S, Canavan M, Soulos P, Gross C. The impact of race on the association between structural racism and the quality of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2025, 43: 1598-1598. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2025.43.16_suppl.1598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient raceStructural racismNon-small cell lung cancerBlack patientsWhite patientsTwo-year survivalAppropriate evaluationSurveillance, EpidemiologyMixed effects logistic regression modelsMultivariable mixed effects logistic regression modelsEffects logistic regression modelsRegression modelsLogistic regression modelsLowest quintileHealth careRacial disparitiesRacial inequalityImpact of raceLocal stagingQuintileCell lung cancerMinoritized communitiesInteraction termsAssociationDisparitiesRacial Disparities in Specialist Palliative Care Among People With Advanced Heart Failure
Zhan Y, Han L, Abel E, Kinder D, DeRycke E, Feder S. Racial Disparities in Specialist Palliative Care Among People With Advanced Heart Failure. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2025, 69: e508. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.02.150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialist palliative careVA Medical CenterIntraclass correlation coefficientDepartment of Veterans Affairs Medical CenterVeterans Affairs Medical CenterPalliative careAffairs Medical CenterRacial disparitiesMedical CenterImprove equityDrivers of racial disparitiesPalliative care deliveryRetrospective cohort of peopleDepartment of Veterans AffairsCohort of peopleProportion of peopleCare deliveryWithin-hospitalSocioeconomic disparitiesAdvanced heart failurePearson correlation coefficient testVeterans AffairsPotential disparitiesAcute myocardial infarctionImplementation strategiesGaps in care delivery for patients with heart failure: A qualitative study of patients with multiple readmissions
Latif Z, Makuvire T, Feder S, Garan A, Pinzon P, Warraich H. Gaps in care delivery for patients with heart failure: A qualitative study of patients with multiple readmissions. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2025 PMID: 40223191, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.70051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEffective care deliveryCare deliveryPatients admitted with HF exacerbationsQualitative studyQualitative study of patientsPatients expressed frustrationHF exacerbationRecurrent admissionsHigh-risk populationDischarge educationSemistructured interviewsThematic analysisTargeted interventionsHospital readmissionInterview contentHeart failureReadmission ratesMedical chartsCareCommunication challengesStudy of patientsReadmissionPatient's disease courseInterviewsManagement of patientsSEEKING CONTINUITY: CARDIOLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE CLINICIANS’ PERSPECTIVES ON PALLIATIVE CARE INVOLVEMENT IN LVAD CARE
Sampath R, Terry B, Feder S, Morrison L, Beasley M. SEEKING CONTINUITY: CARDIOLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE CLINICIANS’ PERSPECTIVES ON PALLIATIVE CARE INVOLVEMENT IN LVAD CARE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2025, 85: 1312. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(25)01796-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTemporal trends, setting and timing of palliative and hospice care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Veterans Health Administration 2010-2020
Smirnova N, Cross S, Kempker J, Sullivan D, Reinke L, Smallwood N, Plumley R, Duan K, Feder S, Ma Y, Vaughan C, Au D, Kavalieratos D. Temporal trends, setting and timing of palliative and hospice care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Veterans Health Administration 2010-2020. CHEST Pulmonary 2025, 100171. DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2025.100171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care useReceipt of palliative careChronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePalliative careCare useObstructive pulmonary diseaseTiming of palliative careSpecialist palliative carePalliative care encountersVeterans Health AdministrationNational retrospective cohort studyYear of deathPulmonary diseaseQuality of lifeInpatient hospiceHospice careCare encountersRural facilitiesRetrospective cohort studyHealth AdministrationBackground PeopleHousing instabilityCareMixed-effects multivariable regressionCohort studyPatients' and Caregivers' Perspectives on the Role of Ambulatory Specialty Palliative Care for People With Heart Failure
Lendvai D, Zhan Y, Kavalieratos D, Iannone L, Akgün K, Allen L, Bekelman D, Ersek M, Goldstein N, Luhrs C, Feder S. Patients' and Caregivers' Perspectives on the Role of Ambulatory Specialty Palliative Care for People With Heart Failure. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2025, 70: 89-105. PMID: 40147501, PMCID: PMC12148689, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.02.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecialist palliative carePalliative careCompletion of advance directivesSpecialist palliative care teamsDiscussion of goals of careDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VAVeterans Affairs (VASpecialty palliative careGoals of careHigh-quality careSurrogate decision-makersBarriers to engagementQualitative descriptive studyFamily caregiversCare coordinationCardiology cliniciansIllness conversationsCaregiver perspectivesAdvance directivesDescriptive studyHealthcare systemCaregiversAmbulatory settingCareHeart failureHospital Performance, Nursing Resources, and Health Inequities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kutney-Lee A, Golinelli D, Feder S, Amenyedor K, Lasater K, McHugh M, Carthon J. Hospital Performance, Nursing Resources, and Health Inequities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nursing Research 2025, 74: 280-287. PMID: 40127111, PMCID: PMC12188792, DOI: 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-performing hospitalsHigh-performing hospitalsNursing resourcesHospital performanceLower patient-to-nurse ratiosCOVID-19 mortalityFavorable nursing work environmentsPatient-to-nurse ratioInpatient mortalityNursing work environmentHospitalized older adultsSocial Vulnerability Index quartilesFuture public health emergenciesSocially vulnerable patientsProportion of admissionsNurse surveyAdmitted to hospitalMortality disparitiesHealth inequalitiesHealth disparitiesPublic health emergencyAverage mortality rateOlder adultsNursesClaims dataMediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care
Hamid S, Lee D, Herrin J, Yu J, Pollack C, Dean L, Gaddy J, Oladele C, Feder S, Canavan M, Nunez-Smith M, Soulos P, Gross C. Mediators of Racial Inequities in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Care. Cancer Medicine 2025, 14: e70757. PMID: 40052387, PMCID: PMC11886416, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.70757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancer carePhase of careSocioeconomic statusNon-small cell lung cancerIndividual-level socioeconomic statusNeighborhood-level socioeconomic statusMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityWhite patientsHealth care accessLung cancer careNon-Hispanic blacksIndirect effects of mediatorsDiagnosis stageStage-appropriate treatmentTwo-year survivalCancer careCare accessEffects of raceOptimal careDual eligiblesCareStructural racismRacial inequalityBlack patientsInadequate evaluation
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